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Kioko Ndinda
Kioko may refer to: *Chokwe: **The Chokwe, a people of Central Africa **Chokwe Chokwe may refer to: *Chokwe people, a Central African ethnic group ** Chokwe language, a Bantu language * Chokwe or Tshokwe, Botswana, a village * Chokwe, Malawi * Chókwè District, Mozambique **Chokwe, Mozambique Chokwé, and earlier known a ..., a language of Central Africa * Pancana, a language of Indonesia See also * Kyoko {{disambig ...
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Chokwe (other)
Chokwe may refer to: * Chokwe people, a Central African ethnic group ** Chokwe language, a Bantu language * Chokwe or Tshokwe, Botswana, a village * Chokwe, Malawi *Chókwè District Chókwè District is a district of Gaza Province in south-western Mozambique. Its principal town is Chokwe. The district is located in the south of the province, and borders with Mabalane District in the north, Guijá District in the east, Chibuto ..., Mozambique ** Chokwe, Mozambique, a town and capital of the district {{disambig, geo Language and nationality disambiguation pages ...
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Chokwe People
__NOTOC__ The Chokwe people, known by many other names (including Kioko, Bajokwe, Chibokwe, Kibokwe, Ciokwe, Cokwe or Badjok), are an ethnic group of Central and Southern Africa. They are found primarily in Angola, southwestern parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa to Lualaba), and northwestern parts of Zambia.Chowke people
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Demographics and language

Estimated to be about 1.3 million, their language is usually referred to as Chokwe (or Kichokwe, Tshokwe), a

Chokwe Language
Chokwe (also known as Batshokwe, Ciokwe, Kioko, Kiokwe, Quioca, Quioco, Shioko, Tschiokloe or Tshokwe) is a Bantu language spoken by the Chokwe people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola and Zambia. It is recognised as a national language of Angola, where half a million people were estimated to have spoken it in 1991; another half a million speakers lived in the Congo in 1990, and some 20,000 in Zambia in 2010. It is used as a lingua franca A lingua franca (; ; for plurals see ), also known as a bridge language, common language, trade language, auxiliary language, vehicular language, or link language, is a language systematically used to make communication possible between groups ... in eastern Angola. Writing system Angola's Instituto de Línguas Nacionais (National Languages Institute) has established spelling rules for Chokwe with a view to facilitate and promote its use. Phonology Vowels Vowels may also be heard as nasalized when preceding nasal co ...
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Pancana
Pancana is an Austronesian language of Buton Island, off the southeast coast of Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ... in Indonesia. It belongs to the Muna–Buton branch of the Celebic subgroup. It is in the Munic subbranch of the Muna–Buton languages. References Muna–Buton languages Languages of Sulawesi {{celebic-lang-stub ...
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